all - Opinion Summaries

Weaver's Cove Energy, LLC. v. Rhode Island Coastal Res. Mgmt. Council

Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Water Law
District court's rejection of two regulatory barriers imposed by defendants to plans to build a Liquified Natural Gas terminal in the City of Fall...

Orange Cty. Water Dist. v. Unocal Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
In a petition for a writ of mandamus challenging the district court's order denying petitioner's motion to remand the action to state court, the...

Cherne Contracting Corp. v. Marathon Petroleum Company, LLC,

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In an action for breach of contract and promissory estoppel, district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the court...

Kling Realty Co. v. Chevron USA Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a tort action for contamination of Plaintiffs' land through oil and gas exploration, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where the action...

Sanchez v. Esso Std. Oil Co.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. -- 6901-6992k, for environmental damage by Defendants' oil operations, a...

Bakersfield Energy Partners v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Oil and Gas Law, Tax Law
In a Tax Court petition challenging an IRS deficiency notice, judgment for Petitioner is affirmed, where a taxpayer does not "omit[ ] from gross...

Alleman v. Omni Energy Servs. Corp.

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action by a helicopter operation company against the oil company that retained Plaintiff arising out of a helicopter accident, the District...

Northup Props., Inc. v. Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C.

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In an action seeking a declaration that an oil and gas lease was void, judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where the plain language of the lease...

World Fuel Corp. v. Geithner

Administrative Law, Government Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a challenge to the Office of Foreign Assets Control's refusal to grant Plaintiff a license to access the blocked assets of one of Plaintiff's...

Dore Energy Corp. v. Prospective Inv. & Trading Co.

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In an action for termination of an oil well lease based on the lease owners' alleged failure to negotiate regarding the shape of the producing units...